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Lewer conjures positive start
Nationwide Conference Forest Green Rovers 1 Farnborough 1 A NEW manager often brings a waft of fresh optimism and Forest Green Rovers breathed in a large gulp of new-life as Alan Lewer lead the Conference's bottom club to their first point of the season
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Matt adds gloss to Gloucester
Powergen Intermediate Cup Stroud RFC 16 Gloucester Old Boys RFC 22 LAST minute withdrawals did nothing to help Stroud's cause in a game that Old Boys edged on merit and where first half indiscipline was punished by Matt Sherratt. Nevertheless, Stroud
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Contest for the talented
ENTRY forms for next year's Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest, organised by The Door Youth Project, are now available. "We will be holding auditions throughout October, November and December," said organiser Brendan Conboy, "and the grand final will be
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Thugs attack MP's offices after hunt vote
A LUMP of concrete was hurled through the window of Stroud Labour MP David Drew's office within hours of the House of Commons vote to ban fox hunting on Wednesday night. The rock left a gaping hole in the window of the constituency's headquarters in Stroud
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Geed up over new hunt ban
BEST- selling author Jilly Cooper, a well known advocate of animal rights, said this week she had some sympathy for the hunting set. Although opposed to hare coursing and stag hunting Jilly, speaking after the House of Commons voted to ban fox hunting
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Story of a mother's dilemma
FOLLOWING the success of Laughing Orange's debut production of Skin Tight earlier this year, the company is back at the Everyman Theatre for a full week's run of 'Night, Mother - an intense 90 minute psychological drama played by Jaquie Crago and Kate
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Ali boots Wick home
Powergen Junior Vase Painswick 47 Ross 3 PAINSWICK eased into the second round of the Powergen Junior Vase with a stop-start performance against Ross on Saturday. Although scoring seven tries Painswick will feel a little disappointed not to have scored
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Galleries are twice as nice
TOUCH Contemporary Art in Stroud and the Rivers Gallery in Nailsworth have joined forces to promote art and craft in the area and much farther afield. "We serve a very similar market, with similar tastes, yet we never hold the same work and we both change
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Ideas for town's future pour in
IDEAS have been pouring in from enthusiastic Five Valleys residents keen to have their say on the future of Stroud. Over the past three weeks the SNJ has been running a questionnaire in conjunction with think tank Project Stroud to discover how people
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Cainy power through
Powergen Vase Cainscross 1st XV 35, Minchinhampton 1st XV 10 SAM MILLS' hat-trick saw Cainscross through to the next round of the Powergen Vase. Playing up the slope in the first half, Cainscross had the best of the early possession and territory. However
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Buyers' land prices triple
PLOTS of land in the Ruscombe Valley are being sold off on the internet for hugely inflated prices in a controversial carve-up which has dismayed nearby villagers. Residents began campaigning to save the beautiful valley after Sussex company Gladwish
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Party a 'raging success'
NELSON Street's charity fundraising street party went off with a bang during the Fringe Festival weekend, according to organisers. Simon Vincent of Trading Post, one of the traders involved in the organisation of the street party, said: "It was a bit
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Joy as sixth form is saved from axe
IDEAS have been pouring in from enthusiastic Five Valleys residents keen to have their say on the future of Stroud. Over the past three weeks the SNJ has been running a questionnaire in conjunction with think tank Project Stroud to discover how people
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Policing complaints soar
COMPLAINTS against the police have rocketed since the introduction of a new independent body set up to monitor public grievances. Latest figures for the county show complaints between April and June were up 62 per cent on last year - and complaints about
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Brassey shows polish
SHIPTON MOYNE based Louisa Brassey, 19, won the major International UAE. Equestrian and Racing Federation CIC** at Gatcombe Horse Trials last weekend. Louisa, riding Barry Wookey's promising Plantagenet of Rushall - was one of only two riders to finish
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Kids TV is da pits
EVERYTHING about children's television these days makes me gnash my teeth in indescribable fury. Not only are the presenters primped-up clones with about as much charisma as a sugar mouse, the programmes themselves seem to have gone down the pan due to
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Club bid protest
PLANS for a third nightclub in Stroud look set to be dashed today as councillors consider an application from the owners. Jason Ayers and colleague Stephen Blake want to open what they describe as a sophisticated and stylish venue on the site of the notorious
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Couple's drive to aid Darfur
A GO-getting couple are set to drive 25,000km from Namibia to Stroud to raise money for the desperate relief efforts in Darfur in an incredible seven-month adventure. Starting in October and braving wild animals, dirt tracks and conflicts, Chris Issac
